Jana Lucille Lott

Ms. Jana Lucille Lott, 36, died Wednesday (January 4, 2017) at her mother's residence in Waycross after an extended illness. She was born in Waycross, but she has resided the last 20 years in Decatur. A 1998 graduate of Ware County High School, Jana received her Master's in Education from Agnes Scott College in 2006. She began her studies in Literature at Agnes Scott and graduated from Emerson College in 2004 with an Editing and Publishing Degree. For most of her career, she was employed by Dekalb County School Systems as an ESL Coordinator which included tenures at Druid Hills and Clarkson. Most recently, she was employed by Ware County Middle School Teaching Academy in Reading. Jana is preceded in death by her maternal grandfather, Kenneth Sweat; and her paternal grandparents, E. C. and Lucille Lott. Survivors include her mother, Susie Sweat Purvis (Dean) of Waycross; her father, Morris Lott of Nicholls; one sister, LaLaina Lott of Middleburg, FL; one brother, Quarterman Lott of Wrightsville, GA; one niece, Marley Crews; her maternal grandmother, Rexine NeSmith of Blackshear; one aunt, Terri Brown (Mike) of Florence, SC; one uncle, Daniel Benjamin Lott (Jean) of Nicholls; and numerous cousins and other relatives. A memorial service will be held 2 p.m. Saturday (January 7, 2017) at Douglas Chapel Baptist Church in Nicholls. Burial will follow in Douglas Chapel Cemetery at a later date. Music Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Sympathy may be expressed by signing the online registry at www.musicfuneralhome.com.